Cheat Lake, West Virginia Demographics

Cheat Lake is 1st in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Home median value

Cheat Lake is 1st in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Income per capita

Cheat Lake is 1st in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Cheat Lake is 2nd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Income per household

Cheat Lake is 2nd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Cheat Lake is 2nd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Cheat Lake is 3rd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Home ownership rate

Cheat Lake is 3rd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in People per household

Cheat Lake is 3rd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - Asian

Cheat Lake is 3rd in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Size Demographics
	Cheat Lake	Rank	West Virginia	US
Size in square miles	14.3	4th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	558.3	32nd	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Cheat Lake	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	12th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.7%	3rd	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.8%	30th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Cheat Lake	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	94.2%	2nd	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	45.5%	2nd	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Cheat Lake	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	94.7%	11th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.6%	23rd	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	28th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.4%	3rd	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	1st	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	31st	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	7th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.5%	12th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Cheat Lake	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	51.6%	26th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.4%	9th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Cheat Lake	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	3,509	21st	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.0%	32nd	12.0%	25.9%
Households	3,030	21st	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.7%	3rd	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$254,900	1st	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.7	3rd	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Cheat Lake	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$38,883	1st	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$73,387	2nd	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.4%	24th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Cheat Lake	Rank	West Virginia	US
Retail sales	$4,028	30th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456